Begoña Fernández

Begoña Fernández
Personal information
Full nameBegoña Fernández Molinos
NationalitySpanish
Born (1980-03-22) 22 March 1980 (age 46)
Vigo, Spain
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionPivot
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1998–2000Milar L'Eliana
2001–2003CBM Astroc Sagunto
2003–2005SD Itxako
2005–2008BM Elda Prestigio
2008–2012SD Itxako
2012ŽRK Zaječar
2013–2015ŽRK Vardar
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2013 Spain 181 (395)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2008 MacedoniaTeam

Begoña Fernández Molinos (born 22 March 1980 in Vigo) is a former Spanish team handball player. She was member of the Spanish national team.

She played at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in the Republic of Macedonia, where the Spanish team defeated Germany in the semifinal, and received silver medals after losing the final. She was selected into the all-star-team and named the best pivot of the tournament. A year later she was part of the Spanish team that finished 4th at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship.

She was part of the Spanish team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.

References

  1. ↑ "É unha gran recompensa tras abandonar Galicia moi nova". lavozdegalicia.es (in Galician). 14 December 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "La selección femenina de balonmano hace historia". diariosur.es (in Spanish). 13 December 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "EURO 2008 All-Star Team". European Handball Federation. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  4. ↑ "Hungary team sheet - XIX Women's World Championship 2009 China" (PDF). IHF. 5 December 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Begoña Fernández". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL". www.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.